It’s the dog days of summer and Benny Churchill and Bug Beetle are back and still running! It wouldn’t be the same without Moe Harris and Cindy Carter, and they’re here too.

The Apple Grove Gang has caught gold fever, and they find that it’s too hard to bear. New to mining, they will get their feet wet when they try to locate the cure. Their adventure will teach them that things don’t always go as expected and not everything always pans out.

Only an earth shaking experience will lead them to find that if they take time, and go to the depths necessary, they’ll locate the cure for GOLD FEVER.

Always a reader, I inhaled books during my days of extensive world travel. Before the Nook and Kindle, even before laptops became the norm, I would pack six or eight paperbacks for an extended trip.

I had never, ever considered writing until I contacted an author about a fabulous book of theirs. It was suggested that I should try my hand writing. Here I am! I can never thank this person enough for the joy I recieve from writing.

I have been married 32 years. My wife and I have two beautiful daughters, Katie and Maddie.

Besides writing, I love to cook, travel and drive my Corvette. I have a dog and two cats.

Peter Pan has a plan. Since it’s been hundred years since they were all cursed by the Brothers Grimm, he is about to wake up Sleeping Beauty, his eternal lover. Oops, you didn’t know that. Blame it on the Grimms.

But in the middle of the ceremony, he is visited by the Evil Queen who manipulates him into helping her with information about Snow White. This, or she will expose him as he has been secretly kidnapping kids to help him rebuild Neverland in the Dreamworld.

After the deal is made, Peter continues with the ceremony, bringing Sleeping Beauty back into life. What Sleeping Beauty is capable of and who she really is are like nothing ever written in the books

Reggie has a secret she is desperate to keep. Because there is no way she wants to become “that girl” in school all over again. And that should be fairly easy, considering her recent move to a new town where nobody knows or cares why she is living with her brother and not her parents.

So why does Reggie feel drawn to Sam, who looks at her with knowing eyes? Why is it so easy to spill everything to him: the death of her parents, the blame she places on herself, and her broken hopelessness for the future? Maybe it’s because Sam has a secret of his own.

As Reggie learns from Sam, when life is falling apart, sometimes the only hope you have left is the kind you can find in yourself. And sometimes it takes forgiving yourself to even begin to see it.

When Amy Spade isn’t writing, she’s doing her second favorite thing: teaching teenagers the meaning of life (Okay, maybe just substitute teaching at the local high school). She loves the Pennsylvania mountains, the Carolina beaches, and chocolate cake. She also loves her four cats Coal, Shadow, Jinx, and Shiloh. She doesn’t love being called a cat lady (though she might qualify as one). Amy lives with her husband – and all those cats – smack dab in the middle of Pennsylvania. Amy Spade enjoys writing both Young Adult and Adult Literary Fiction.

The copper smell was overwhelming, then it hit me, blood smelled like copper. Behind me I heard a crazy high-pitched laugh!

It was the last day of summer before school started. Hailey and her best friend Jared wanted it to be a day to be remembered but when they went on their new adventure to Old Jacob’s mine it ended up being a day they would want to forget!

Even though Hailey is a girl, you’d have to call her a tomboy as she loves adventures with her best friend Jared and has no problem getting in and out of spooky situations! She, Jared and her beloved bike Blue manage to keep their lives pretty exciting and sometimes they are not sure whether it’s ghosts or just their imagination. You’ll just have to decide which one it ends up being!

Warning: My short stories are for children and the young at heart. If you’re too old to remember your childhood, these aren’t for you! (:

Author Bio:
Born in Iowa, I grew up reading the Nancy Drew Mysteries. As a teen I did a rough draft of a short story but it wasn’t until a few years ago that I finally took my time to sit down and re-write it, and then had it published as an e-short story called Old Jacob. I now have several short stories and two books. These stories were written with my grandchildren in mind and are based on some adventures from my childhood. I have also written three short stories for adults, “Dying to Write”, “Death by Love” and “The Rabbit’s Foot”.

Auggie Spinoza is a ten-year-old boy with a secret: he is a special agent who can travel through time. Now, he finds himself locked in a desperate battle against evil forces trying to change the course of history. To defeat them, Auggie must pursue a dangerous quest to find a set of mysterious clues hidden in the past.

With the help of a clever new friend and advice from a cast of famous characters with names like Jefferson, Darwin, and Plato, Auggie fights to fulfill his destiny and save his world from ruin. Along the way, he learns the importance of thinking clearly and shows the awesome power of a code-breaking, book-loving, time-traveling ten-year-old with a talent for being in the right place at the right time (and doing the right thing).

Steven Stickler is no rocket scientist. He will never be confused with a professional athlete. He is not (despite widespread rumors) the actor who played Cousin Oliver in The Brady Bunch, nor was he a guest drummer for the Beatles during a brief period in the mid-1960s.

He is something completely different: a writer. He began writing when he was five years of age and, perhaps due to an oversight by those in positions of authority, was never told to stop. He lives in the great Pacific Northwest of the United States, where he enjoys exploring the outdoors with his family and, of course, reading at least one book by Dr. Seuss every year.

“Here Come The Blobbies” introduces us to the fantastic world of the Blobbies and their first adventure: A mystical gate has opened and the evil Hexacones are unleashed upon Blobbieworld. The seven youngest Blobbies are forced to escape to a strange planet called Earth, where they must learn to use their shape-changing abilities to defeat the invaders and reclaim their world.

Includes educational pages about geometric shapes and the Blobbies’ Personality Color Chart.

Jorge (or Jorge Antonio Tello Aliaga for short) is a writer and illustrator born and raised in Lima, Perú.

His years of experience include designing award winning educational children’s software and being a design manager at the world’s largest graphic software company. He enjoys writing, drawing, composing, programming, cooking (Peruvian food), and speaking English (with a cool accent!).

Even as a youngster, Jorge dreamed of publishing children’s books. His other dreams include designing toys, creating a sci-fi/fantasy magazine, making cartoons, producing movies, building a theme park, becoming president of Perú, and achieving world peace (if time permits) 😉

His name is Spanish for George and it is pronounced “HOR-heh”.

About Pookie and Tushka
Pookie was born at the end of 1995 when a friend of the author needed a character for a college assignment.
Tushka was born in 1997 when the author first conceived the idea to write a children’s book.
This book is all about being a kid, feeling alone in the world, longing for a good friend, and ultimately finding one.

About The Blobbies
The first Blobbie was born in early 1996 as a doodle on paper.
As the years went by, the Blobbies became more and more defined until their distinct personalities appeared.
The Blobbies’ personality chart was created after intensive research on personality type systems, the psychological significance of colors and the esoteric meaning of each rainbow color.
This book is all about feeling proud of one’s self and using one’s unique abilities to learn new things and enjoy life.

Eleven year old Taya Bayliss is not happy that her family has moved from the city to Bascombe’s Bay, a tiny fishing village. She has only been in her new home for a few hours when she finds herself mixed up in a fifty year old mystery.
She meets Mae Evans, an elderly lady, who because of a long ago love seems to hold the key to the treasure. But is there really a treasure or is it all just imagination?
Two local boys certainly think there is a hidden fortune and spend their time stalking Mae in an effort to get her to lead them to it. They soon turn their attentions to Taya as well making life more difficult for her.
Taya is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery and to help Mae out of her difficulties but the clues don’t seem to add up.
Finally on a night when Taya breaks her parents’ rules and puts herself and Mae in danger, she is able to make the connections and solve the mystery.

Author Bio:
Self published author of short novels, mystery stories aiming to bridge the gap between picture books and novels for 7 – 12 year olds. As a now retired teacher of 30+ years experience I have seen children struggle to make the transition from picture books to novels which is required of them as part of their educational journey. They find it difficult to go from books where the pictures provide the cues and connections to the text to books where there is a lot of text and where they have to create the pictures in their minds to make the connections. They often become frustrated and lose interest in reading. My stories are short, approx 50 pages, get themselves told quickly but do not talk down to the young readers. They are about real children who do not have any special powers other than their own wits with which to deal with interesting/challenging situations.